Venture for America is looking for student entrepreneurs
Venture for America (VFA) is accepting applications from students who expect to graduate in May 2018 for its upcoming fellowship program. VFA is a two-year fellowship program for recent grads who want to work at a startup and create jobs in American cities. The deadline to apply for the upcoming program is January 29, 2018.
VFA Fellows learn important startup skills at a five-week summer training camp, apply for jobs within the VFA-vetted company network, and then work for two years as full-time, salaried employees in one of 18 cities. When Fellows are ready to start a company, whether two years after college or ten, VFA has the resources to help make that dream a reality, from connections to seed funding to crowdfunding competitions.
This year, VFA announced their intent to become an onramp to entrepreneurship for historically underrepresented groups, and to grow the equity and inclusion resources provided to Fellows. VFA is partnering with the 20 campuses that are part of the Blackstone LaunchPad global network to help spread the word about this special emphasis on equity and inclusion.
Former SU Blackstone LaunchPad entrepreneur Dylan Kim ’16, founder of Brevite, participated in the fellowship program and successfully launched his company, which is now operating out of New York City.
VFA CEO, Amy Nelson, and members of VFA Rise, its identity-based resource group, will discuss VFA’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and answer general questions about the Fellowship on January 22 at 7:30 p.m. To register, visit deiatvfa.splashthat.com/.
An overview of the application process, as well as VFA program stats, can be found at VFA by the numbers. Learn more, and apply by January 29, 2018 at ventureforamerica.org/.